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COUNCIL WORK SESSION - November 24, 2025 Monday, November 24, 2025 07:00 PM Online via Zoom

I.Call to Order

II.Roll Call - Borough Clerk - Betty Sterling

Angarone; Chandler; Marciante; Rubenstein; Stern; Valenza; Mayor Davy

III.Open Public Meetings Statement

Notice of this meeting has been given to the Hopewell Valley News, Trenton Times, and Trentonian and was posted on the bulletin board at Borough Hall at 30 North Main Street and on the Borough website according to the regulations of the Open Public Meetings Act.

IV.Open to the Public/ Public Comment

The Meeting is now open to the public for comment. In an effort to provide everyone interested an opportunity to address his or her comments to the Governing Body, a public comment time limit has been instituted for each speaker. Please raise your hand and when the Borough Clerk acknowledges you state your name and address for the record. Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 2 minutes.

V.Items for Council Discussion: 

  1. 1.Resolution 2025-12.5 - Holiday Walk - Social Affairs Permit 

VI.Work Session Discussion Items:

  1. 1.Library Furniture Upgrades (Kim Ha) 

  2. 2.Sidewalk Repair Program (Nadine)

  3. 3.Fence Agreement - Ivan Lee - 16 Queens Lane 

  4. 4.Update on 2026 Budget Process - (Kit Chandler) 

  5. 5.Meeting Format for 2026 

  6. 6.Council Assignments for 2026

VII.Review of Tentative Council Regular Agenda

  1. 1.Approval of Minutes 

  2. 2.Oath of Office - Daryl Burroughs 

  3. 3.Ordinance 2025-14 - Ordinance Providing Standards and Procedures for Approval of Block Parties (Public Hearing and Adoption)

  4. 4.Ordinance 2025-15 - Bond Ordinance Providing a Supplemental Appropriation of $60,000 for Preliminary Planning, Environmental and Investigative Analysis and any Necessary Work or Improvements in Connection with the Borough Owned Landfill and Any Other Related Properties for Potential Redevelopment in and by the Borough of Pennington, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey and Authorizing the Issuance of $2,508 Bonds or Notes of the Borough to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof.     (Public Hearing and Adoption)

  5. 5.Ordinance 2025-16 - Ordinance Approving Employment Agreement Between the Borough of Pennington and Daryl Burroughs, Jr. in his Capacity as Lieutenant in the Pennington Borough Police Department    (Public Hearing and Adoption)

  6. 6.Ordinance 2025-17 - Ordinance Governing Use of the Borough Message Board   (Public Hearing and Adoption)

  7. 7.Ordinance 2025-18 - Ordinance Amending Fee Requirements for Temporary Food Licenses   (Public Hearing and Adoption)

  8. 8.Ordinance 2025-19 - Ordinance Amending Chapter 46 of the Borough Code Concerning the Responsibilities of the Police Lieutenant, Clarifying the Absence of an Age Requirement for Promotion to Lieutenant, and Making Other Technical Changes    (Public Hearing and Adoption)

  9. 9.Ordinance 2025-20 - An Ordinance Further Amending Ordinance 2025-8 to Provide for and Determine the Rate of Compensation of Officers and Employees of the Borough of Pennington, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey for the Year 2025     (Public Hearing and Adoption)

  10. 10.Resolution 2025-12.1 - Resolution Authorizing Refunds

  11. 11.Resolution 2025-12.2- Authorizing Payment of Bills 

  12. 12.Resolution 2025-12.3- Authorizing Budget Transfers 

  13. 13.Resolution 2025-12.4 - Resolution Accepting the Community Forestry Management Plan, 2026-2035, as Prepared by the Borough Shade Tree Committee

VIII.Open to the Public/ Public Comment

The Meeting is now open to the public for comment. In an effort to provide everyone interested an opportunity to address his or her comments to the Governing Body, a public comment time limit has been instituted for each speaker. Please raise your hand and when the Borough Clerk acknowledges you state your name and address for the record. Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 2 minutes.

IX.CLOSED SESSION

AT, PM, BE IT RESOLVED, that Mayor and Council shall hereby convene in closed session for the purposes of discussing a subject or subjects permitted to be discussed in closed session by the Open Public Meetings Act, to wit:

  1. Contract Negotiations - EMS Services

  2. Contract Negotiations - Fire Inspections 

           Ordinance Amendment - Changing the Enforcing Agency Under Fire Safety Code 

           Resolution - Terminating HTFD as Local Enforcing Agency under the Fire  Safety Code

  3. Personnel - Police Matter Update 

  4. Personnel - Borough Administrator - Performance Evaluation 

X.Adjournment